Sonoro Gold Corp.
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2022-05-09, 2023-01-26)
Reporting Period: 2022-05-09
Environmental Metrics
Total Energy Consumption:16,958 MWh/year (Years 3-8)
Water Consumption:623k cu.mt/year (Years 3-8)
ESG Focus Areas
- Environmental
- Social
- Governance
Environmental Achievements
- Required baseline environmental studies have been completed to address regulatory requirements for the Project’s development.
Social Achievements
- Social-economic study was also completed on the nearby communities of Cucurpe and Magdalena de Kino.
Governance Achievements
- On May 5, 2022, the Company announced that it had filed its MIA permit application with SEMARNAT.
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Open pit mining and associated dilution
- heap leaching performance and recovery of the metal
- capital costs
- operating costs and metal prices
Mitigation Strategies
- Staged and ramp-up optimized mine plan to increase the project’s previously reported economic parameters, as well as lower several identified risks.
- Additional acquisition and exploration potential in the Project’s concession
- Metallurgical recoveries
- Capital cost reduction via leased or remanufactured equipment
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: NI 43-101, NI 43-101F1
Reporting Period: 2023-01-26
Environmental Metrics
Climate Goals & Targets
Short-term Goals:
- Construct an updated geological model to support geotechnical, waste rock characterization, and hydrogeologic studies required to advance the Project.
- Collect additional density samples for specific lithologies currently lacking sufficient measurements.
- Collect channel samples to further define surface mineralization for drill targeting.
Environmental Challenges
- Historical workings located in areas not being utilized by Sonoro, need to be surveyed and noted in the database prior to being properly closed and reclaimed.
- Some vestiges of plastic bags and black-cover plastic were observed and need to be removed during the reclamation period.
Mitigation Strategies
- All exploration work conducted by Sonoro has adhered to NOM-120.
- Sonoro applied for Change of Land Use (CUS) permit in 2021.
- Sonoro applied for Environmental Impact Statement (MIA) permit application with SEMARNAT.
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: NI 43-101
Certifications: ISO 9001:2008, ISO 9001:2015, ISO/IEC 17025:2017